Back at base, bugs in the software. Flash the message, 'Something's out there'... Floating in the summer sky, 99 Fed balloons go by
Uncle Sam is testing a system that uses high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over American soil.
Government contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation – the aerospace company, not the brewery – has released balloons that will drift over a large area in the United States' Midwest, and form a network capable of monitoring and tracking activity on the ground over massive distances.
The Pentagon-ordered tests, involving 25 balloons cruising at 65,000-odd feet, will run from July 12 to September 1. It is understood the craft are carrying radar equipment to track the movement of vehicles far below.
Mid-July, Sierra Nevada successfully filed the necessary paperwork with America's comms watchdog, the FCC, ..
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